When Was Serbia First Founded?

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia is a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It is situated in the southern Pannonian Plain and borders Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria ...

When did Serbia first appear?

Slavs settled the Balkans in the 6th and 7th centuries, out of which settlement the First Serbian Principality of the Vlastimirovići emerged. It evolved into a Grand Principality by the 11th century, and in 1217 the Kingdom and national church (Serbian Orthodox Church) were established, under the Nemanjići.

Who discovered Serbia?

In 1166, Stefan Nemanja, a Serbian warrior and chief, founded the first Serbian state. By the 14th century, under the rule of Stefan Dusan, it became the most powerful state in the Balkans. After Serbia was defeated in the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, it was absorbed into the Ottoman Empire.